Unit research · California Zone X7b

Zone X7b — California

65% public across 214,283 ac. Road access is easy — only 3% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,920–8,880 ft

elevation range

65%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

2,927 ac

landlocked public

4.12

road miles per mi²

620 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

One limited-entry deer hunt is drawn on Zone X7b: apply in the California draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 1 draw hunt (2026-27)$42.38 resident · $377.35 nonresident

Plus: California annual hunting license (2026-27)$64.54 resident · $225.46 nonresident

Season dates: see California Department of Fish and Wildlife's regulations

2026 California Big Game Digest (rev. 2026-04-17) ↗

California deer draw calendar

Apr 15, 2027 — applications open
Jun 2, 2027 — application deadline

CDFW big game hunting tags ↗Draw odds for California deer →How the California draw works →

Fees and draw dates from California Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2026-27, verified 2026-08-05. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a zone that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: CDFW license items and fees (2026-27) · 2026 California Big Game Digest (rev. 2026-04-17) · CDFW big game hunting tags.

Land & access

■ USFS 57%■ SFW 3%■ SPR 3%■ Other public 3%□ Private 35%

Unit area214,283 ac

Public land140,281 ac (65%)

Landlocked public2,927 ac (2.1%)

Walk-in access5,410 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,380 mi

Maintained trails620 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road3,568 ac (3% of public)

Road density4.12 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 122k ac · SFW 7k ac · SPR 6k ac

Elevation4,920–8,880 ft

Median elevation6,430 ft

Median slope10°

Where the ground sits

4,920 ft8,880 ft

Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band

Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 28%

S 24%

W 24%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

8,295 ac of this zone has burned — 4% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 35%. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at RENO/TAHOE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 37 km from the unit’s center and ~2,000 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby zones

Zone X7a59% public · 2% remote Zone X6b77% public · 1% remote Zone D341% public · 2% remote Zone D428% public · 11% remote Zone D531% public · 16% remote Zone X891% public · 36% remote

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What happens nextApr 15 — Deer applications open · details →Jun 2 — Deer application deadline · details →